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APPLICATION FILED 00T. 15, 1912.

' Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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WITNESSES UNiTED STATES A'i'nLiTiiiaT critics.

CHARLES A.- NLSON, 0F UTICA, NEW VYORK, ASSIGNOR TO SAVAGE ARMS COMPAN, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FIREARM.

To all lwhom z'tmay concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Firearms, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates particularly to safety locking devices for firearms.

It has for its object to provide a fire-arm with a simple and reliable safety locking means, thisobject having been carried out v:as

in the specific form of theginvention shown and described herein with reference to the trigger of an ar-m of the kind illustrated, for instance, in the patent to Searle No. 936,369 wherein is vemployed a device for locking the breech bolt and the firing. mechanism,'whicl1 device I utilize asa means for controlling the detent which I use for locking the trigger. y

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation' of the improved arm, somewhat enlarged and partly in section; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, partly in section; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line -m of Fig. l; and, Fig. 4 illust-rates a. detail.

The frame 'a having the hollow' grip I); the barrel c; the breech-bolt (Z having the removable plug c forming therewith a breech structure which slides on the frame back and forth under the counter influences Vof theeXplosionpressure and a spring (not shown); the ring-mechanism arranged in the plug e and including the cooking-lever f; the firing-mechanism-releasing means including the trigger g arranged to slide backward and forward in the frame, and the locking device consisting of a spindle h journaled in the frame and having a handle 'i and being adapted when turned to the dotted line position in Fig. l both to 'leave the breech mechanism free to move longitudi nally and the cocking lever f free to move against the firing-pin (because at that time a lug j of thetiring lever coincides with a cross cut slot k in the spindle h) and vbeing furtherl adapted, when turned into the full line position in Fig. l, to be received by the one or the other of notches (not shown) in the breech-bolt to lock the, breech mechanism'againstlongitudinal movement and to oppose firing movement of the cooking lever (because its slot 7a is not iii registry with lug Spepcicaton of Letters latent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed October 15, 1912. Serial No. 725,949.

j, which then impinges against the spindle), are or may be allsubstantially the same as in the patent'to Searle, above mentioned.

Z is the cartridge magazine adapted to be entered into the grip b from the bottom and suitably held therein.v

The spindle. L has an angular surface m (Fig. 1) against which bears a springpressed plunger n set in a housing '0 within the frame, the object of which is to urge the lever, afterpassing the mid-position between the two stops 7i therefor, toward that stop which it is approaching and there securely hold it'. This means, per se, I do not claim herein. Back of the magazine is. arranged a horizontal pin g which is held suitably against longitudinal displacement. On this 'pin is fulcrumed a lever constructed as follows: In plan, said' lever conforms substantially to the inside contour of the grip b inv the plane of thesection line en it being a steel piece bent to the shape st-ated. Upwardly from its fulcrum portion extends an arm t, having a laterally projecting lug u affording means whereby to move the lever, Y

which is thus a lever of the first. class. At its forward portion the lever is formed with the bend 'v which projects into an aperture flo opening forwardly from the interior of "the grip at a point back of the trigger g.

The trigger has a rearwardly projecting lug m, and the bend and lug are formed with coinciding faces g/ arranged approximately at a right angle to a radius from the axis of movement of the lever. The lug u plays in a. -J-

slot- .e in the fra-me, the end of which 2 forms a stop limitingthe relatively backward movement of the lever past the position shown in full lines in Fig. l, and against this stop a spring 3. coiled about the piu f] and having one end engaged with the grip b and the 'other end engaged with the extension t of the lever. normally tends to hold the lever. In the full line position of the vlocking device, including spindle h., the. lever s therefore serves as a detent to lock the trigger against movement. Then the said locking device is moved to the dotted .line

position its spring plunger, overcoming the :is in locking or unlocking position the latter is in the same position. It will be apparent that the divided or loop-shaped form of the lever s allows the magazine to be entered to and removed from the housing therefor in the Arip withoiit interference.

avlng thus fully Idescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a gunhaving a firmechanism and a locking device for said mechanism movable to locking and unlocking relation thereto, a detent movable independently of said device to locking and unlocking relation to lsaid means and controlled by said device, substantially as described.

.2. In combination with a gun having a firing mechanism, meansv for releasing said mechanism and a locking device for said mechanism movable to locking andy unlocking relation thereto, a pivoted detent mov-4 able to locking and unlocking relation to said means and controlled by said device, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a gun having a tiring mechanism, means for releasing said mechanism and a locking device for said mechanism movable to locking and unlocking relation thereto, a detent normally held in and movable out of locking engagement with said means and projecting in the ath of movement of and actuable by the loc 'ng device, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a gun having a firing mechanism and means for .releasing said mechanism, a detent movable into and out of locking engagement with said means and a locking device for -the firing mechanism movable into and spring-pressed against and adapted to move said detent, substantially as described.

5. In combination with a gun having a ring mechanism and' means for-releasing said mechanism, adetent movable into and out of locking engagement with said means and normally heldin locking engagement therewith, and a locking device for the irin mechanism movable into and spring-presse against and adapted to' move said detent, substantially as described. i

6. In combination with a gun having a y iiring mechanism, means for releasing said mechanism and a locking devicefor said mechanism movable to locking and unlocking relation thereto, a two-armed lever fulcrumcd in the gun and having one arm movable into and out of locking relation tov said means and the other engageable by the locking device, substantially as described.

7. In combination with. a gun having a frame, a ring mechanism and means for ing' mechanism, means for releasing salda-* releasing said mechanism, and'also having a iixed .stop on the frame', a detent bearlng against the stop and thereby opposing movement of said means but movable out of engagement with said stop to allow movement of said means, and an actu-ating 'device movable against said detent and adapted to move the same, substantially 'as described.

8. In combination with a gun having a frame, a ring mechanism. and means for releasing said mechanism, and also having a fixed stop on the frame, a detent normally held bearing against the stop and thereby opposing movement of said meansvbut movable out of engagement with said stop to allow movement of said means, and an actuating device movable against saiddetent and adapted to move the same, substantially as described.

9. In combination lwith a gun having a firing mechanism, means for releasing said mechanism, andl a locking device for said mechanism, a locking detent for said means controlled by said deviceand movable in-A dependently thereof, substantially as described. 'y p 10..'In combinationlwith-a gun having a frame vand mechanism for exploding the charge, ka detent obstructing the movement of a movable part of said. mechanism and movable out of obstructing relation to said part, a spring normally retaining said detent 1n the movement obstructing 'relation of 'said part, and an actuating device springpressed 'against said detent to move the same, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES A. NELSON.

Witnesses:

Jos. G. Smm Jos. A. Davis. 

